Jamie McMillan said his sales are down 40 per cent since Brexit.

Michael Alexander speaks to East Neuk prawn and Scottish fishing industry representatives who are trying to plot a course through the uncharted stormy waters of the Covid pandemic and Brexit.

Government has not been straight with fishing industry, says Sam Baron of Baron Shellfish, Bridlington

Many cockles and mussels producers in Wales have been told they cannot continue exporting to the EU because the water quality is not good enough.

The Welsh seafood industry needs urgent help to survive Brexit disruption at ports, the environment minister has warned.

Shellfish fishermen in the UK revealed that many fear for their future as a result of the post-Brexit European Union ban on their exports.

UK food and drink exports to the European Union almost halved in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period in 2020.

Britain could lose more jobs in its fishing sector if the current delays and increased costs involved in exporting to the EU post-Brexit are not ironed out soon, industry groups told British government officials on Tuesday.

Brexit was welcomed by many in the UK fishing industry, but overwhelmingly it is now a cause for anger and disappointment. So says a report from the House of Commons All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fisheries, which sets out the results of a survey of the sector.

The six months since the end of the transition period have largely been a ‘tale of woe’ for Britain’s fishing industry, says National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisation

Figures show Brexit compounding Covid disruption, with clothing exports plunging 60%, vegetables down 40% and cars 25%.

One year after Brexit, Scotland’s fishing industry is still mired in chaos, leaving many businesses fearing for their future as deliveries to Europe continue to be snarled in costly red tape and delays.

In just the first few months of 2021, the UK has slashed its overseas aid budget, made clear its intent to pursue trade deals at all costs – including turning a blind eye to human rights atrocities and genocide – and announced an increase in funding to the UK’s weapons of mass destruction by 40%, signalling the start of a new arms race and ripping up 30 years of commitment to gradual disarmament.

The government’s food strategy lacks detail or any plans for implementation, and it is contradicted by its other policies.

The shellfish industry between the EU and the UK was a textbook case of supply and demand working perfectly—Brexit has complicated that, and livelihoods are on the line

Two weeks into Brexit, problems are mounting and recriminations are flying in all directions. The reality of Brexit is proving every bit as toxic as the four-and-a-half-year slog that got us to this point.

Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?

As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

So five years after the referendum, and six months from leaving the single market, what's the slogan from businesses most affected? Bureaucracy, delay, cost.

Thousands of kilograms of shellfish were held at Holland's border for five days due to a Brexit paperwork issue, a company said.

JERSEY’S historic oyster-growing industry could be decimated by Brexit, a third-generation shellfish farmer has said.

According to the House of Commons Library, UK shellfish exports to the EU in 2021 were 17% lower in cash terms than 2019, a fall of almost £70 million.

Shellfish businesses across the country say the government's plan to revive their sales to the European Union by building purification facilities in the UK will not work in the majority of cases.